I have 100amp main service with plenty of room. I‘m running service to a pole barn. I‘d like to run #4 aluminum, however my main panel allows up to #6 wire. From the main to my anticipated subpanel, with 3 20 amp breakers, is 110ft. Can I run with #6? It‘s a GE panel.can the bus bar be upgraded?
The buss is not the problem its the lugs and yes you can chage them out if you have the clearance reqiured.
3 years is pretty quick for a trans to go out. You can get one at a junk yard for about 400 bucks or you can go to the dealer and pay about 1200 bucks
how do You know is broken? 2004 is too early for that. $2000.00 dollars. and up. brand new.
if you are running only 110volts then you can do that job with 10 gauge romex or even 8 gauge . You should put those wires underground in a schedule 40 PVC pipe rent a trencher for 1/2 a day and the work is not on your back number 6 gauge wire is very heavy and for over one hundred feet it is expensive if you are running a 220volt line then you must talk to the Electric Company for their codes and guide lines the 110 volt connection is not a problem and you can do that very safely and no need to change the bus bar one thing that lots of people do not understand is that electricity screws around the wire and an overload happens when you have too much load to the wire - the wire heats up and that is what will automatically throw the breaker if you run into a problem with parts the electric isle at Lowe's or HoDepot has everything ground the sub-panel with the proper copper grounding rod and do not connect the wires to the house until you have done all the work and connections outside of the main house panel leave your self plenty of wire to do all your panel connections when you connect to the house panel have all the breakers off that are to the barn and operate and test each barn breaker as you turn them ON XTX
